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Cells, Gels & the Engines of Life: A New Unifying Approach to Cell Function [Hardback]

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  • Format: Hardback, 320 pages, height x width: 240x225 mm, weight: 1070 g
  • Pub. Date: 01-Mar-2001
  • Publisher: Ebner and Sons Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 0962689513
  • ISBN-13: 9780962689512
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  • Format: Hardback, 320 pages, height x width: 240x225 mm, weight: 1070 g
  • Pub. Date: 01-Mar-2001
  • Publisher: Ebner and Sons Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 0962689513
  • ISBN-13: 9780962689512
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An award-winning book that challenges the current wisdom of how cells work in a visionary, provocative, and accessible way... reads like a detective story. This highly praised book emphasises the role of cell water and the gel-like nature of the cell, building on these features to explore the mechanisms of communication, transport, contraction, division, and other essential cell functions. Lucidly written for the non-expert, the book is profound enough for biologists, chemists, physicists and engineers to devour.
Acknowledgements vi
Preface x
Section I. Toward Ground Truth
This section deals with generally accepted views of cell biology. By peeling back layers of assumption, it attempts to get at the core of truth. In the end, an unorthodox conclusion is drawn about the nature of the cell
1(2)
Debunking Myths
3(22)
The Croak of the Dying Cell
25(14)
Cytoplasmic Discomfort
39(14)
Section II. Building From Basics
This section pursues elementary cell function, with emphasis on water and protein surfaces. We see how the interaction of these two elements gives rise to ion partitioning, cell potential, and several other of the most basic features of cell physiology in ways that differ from current views
51(2)
Water
53(24)
Solutes
77(10)
Ions
87(12)
Cell Potentials
99(14)
Section III. An Hypothesis for Cell Function
Building on previous chapters, this section advances the hypothesis that cell function resembles gel function. It examines the role of the phase-transition in gels, and considers the potential for a similar role in cells
111(2)
Phase Transition: A Mechanism for Action
113(20)
Section IV. Approaching Cell Dynamics
This section pursues details of active cell function. Building on previous chapters, it explores the possibility that diverse cellular actions are mediated by a common mechanism-the phase-transition
131(2)
Secretion
133(12)
The Action Potential
145(18)
Transport
163(22)
Transport with Flair
185(22)
Cell Division
207(18)
Muscle Contraction
225(26)
Section V. Tying Loose Ends
This section considers issues common to the preceding chapters. It begins with cellular evolution and energetics, and then moves on to explore the underlying themes that integrate the material of the book
249(2)
Energy
251(16)
A New Paradigm for Cell Function
267(18)
References 285(14)
Index 299
Professor Gerald Pollack is Founding Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal, WATER and is recognized as an international leader in science and engineering. The University of Washington Faculty chose Pollack, in 2008, to receive their highest annual distinction: the Faculty Lecturer Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the coveted Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems. He has received an honorary doctorate from Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named an Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Foreign Member of the Srpska Academy. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He recently received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award for his work on water, and maintains an active laboratory in Seattle.Pollack's interests have ranged broadly, from biological motion and c